Say you see an ad for a store that sells a new iPhone at a suspiciously low price. Enter the domain into our Whois service to find out when it was registered. If the registration date If the domain was set up a couple of weeks ago then it's definitely not worth

That online store is definitely not worth trusting.

It's similar with online banks. Often phishers send out phishing links in emails, which imitate real online bank pages. After clicking on them and entering the username and password the person can lose their money. Checking the domain of an online bank will help to make sure it is a real bank, And not a fake one.

Domain Whois will also help web admins who want to create a website, but the domain they want wants to start their site, but the domain is busy. You can use Whois to find out when it's "released" or who the administrator is. However Remember that the owner of a domain can extend its registration for any length of time you want.

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